Student of the Year is a 2012 Indian teen sports romantic comedy film directed by Karan Johar and produced by Dharma Productions and Red Chillies Entertainment. The film features debutantes Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan, alongside Rishi Kapoor, Sana Saeed, Ronit Roy, Sahil Anand, Ram Kapoor, and Farida Jalal. The music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar, while cinematography and editing were handled by Ayananka Bose and Deepa Bhatia.

Student of the Year was released on 19 October 2012 across India and emerged as a commercial success. It received mixed reviews from critics with praise for its cast performances, technical aspects, direction and music, but criticized its script. At the 58th Filmfare Awards, Student of the Year received 4 nominations including Best Male Debut (Malhotra and Dhawan) and Best Female Debut (Bhatt), and won the R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent (Neeti Mohan for "Ishq Wala Love").

A standalone sequel titled Student of the Year 2 was released on 10 May 2019 with Punit Malhotra as the director and Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria and Ananya Pandey in the lead roles. Although speculations were rife about the three leads from the original returning for a special appearance, only Alia Bhatt made the cut in a song opposite Tiger Shroff.